DSM 5

September 11, 2012
Published by admin at September 11, 2012
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ADHD Insights: Prevalence Errors

Prevalence missing: Using the same, outdated DSM-4 [Diagnostic Statistical Manual] criteria, with even more disturbing diagnostic limitations for ADHD recognition encouraged by DSM-5, the problem is global.
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April 17, 2010
Published by Dr Charles Parker at April 17, 2010
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Psychiatric Diagnostic Labels: Functional or Static?

DSM-5 is an excellent example of the prevalent, indeed ubiquitous, developmental arrest in regards to retooling our superficial labeling process without evolving the underlying, evidenced-based molecular and cellular diagnostic processes that reference brain and body functional neurophysiology.
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February 13, 2010
Published by admin at February 13, 2010
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Psychiatric Diagnosis and DSM 5: Maps to Nowhere

If you are lost, forget being found with this bible. Don't be worried, you won't have to change anything you are doing... it's the same old 19th Century stuff, trimmed up to tweak the descriptive language, with no improvements there for patient care, and no new science. Boring.
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February 18, 2008
Published by admin at February 18, 2008
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Psychiatric Diagnosis: Brain Function Changes our Perspectives

When I began training in psychiatry, almost 40 years ago, much of the diagnostic psychiatric world evolved from affect thinking: depression and anxiety, euphoria, and misperceptions of reality. That world is rapidly changing.
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